PENINSULA DATELINES

Compiled from Examiner staff and wire reports

Published 4:00 am, Friday, June 30, 1995

Sunnyvale plans

July 4 celebration Sunnyvale The City of Sunnyvale will hold its annual July 4 celebration at Baylands Park, 999 E. Caribbean Drive, featuring carnival games, arts and crafts, an in-line skating clinic and live music.

The 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. celebration will also offer pony rides for kids. For adults there will be Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalepeno Band and the California Cowboys. There is a $3 parking fee at the park.

Chili cook-off

in Palo Alto Palo Alto The 14th annual City of Palo Alto Summer Festival and Chili Cook-off will be held Tuesday at Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, from noon to 5 p.m.

Chili cooks will be competing for $1,200 in prize money as they try to please the palettes of local celebrity judges. There also will be a "Peoples Choice" award based on public tasting. There will be live music and a children's area with crafts, games, entertainment and a petting zoo. For more information, call (415) 329-2121.

Eshoo announces

academy attendees Palo Alto U.S. Rep.
Anna Eshoo
, D-Palo Alto, has announced that six Peninsula students she nominated for U.S. military academies have been accepted and will attend the institutions.

Stephen Mintz of Woodside (Crystal Springs Uplands High School) will attend West Point.

William McClelland of Palo Alto (Joseph Wheeler High School) will attend the Air Force Academy.

Any 14th Congressional District High School students interested in entering the service academies for the class of 2000 should request an application from Eshoo's district office, 698 Emerson St., Palo Alto. For more information, call (415) 323-2984 or (408) 245-2339.

Lockheed part of

telescope team Palo Alto Scientists from Lockheed Martin's
Palo Alto Research Laboratory
will team with colleagues from Russia to develop part of the Magellan telescope.

Lockheed Martin project manager Art Simpson said the Russian team has more than 15 years of experience in the development and production of mirrors of silicon carbide, considered to be better than other materials.

The Lockheed Martin team will develop the drive system that will aim the telescope's secondary mirror from its location at the Las Companas Observatory, 7,800 feet up in the foothills of the Chilean Andes. When completed in 1997 or 1998 the telescope will be among the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

San Mateo County's

$684 million budget Redwood City San Mateo County supervisors have adopted a $684 million budget for the coming fiscal year, deciding to cut coroner and court spending to help keep some child care and family visitation programs afloat.

The 1995-96 budget represents a nearly $6 million increase over this fiscal year's budget.

The budget, while rising overall, calls for a net loss of about 30 jobs. County Manager John Maltbie estimated that fewer than 10 of the county's 4,600 employees will lose their jobs, however, once transfers and retirements are completed.

coping with death San Mateo Mills-Peninsula's Wellness Center will host a forum on "Communicating with a Dying Friend or Relative" July 8 at the center at
329 S. Ellsworth
Ave., San Mateo.

Registration for the 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. program is required. Call (415) 696-5600 to register or for more information.

Sponsored by Mission Hospice Peninsula Hospital, the program is designed to help participants understand the dying process, enabling them to give loving support at a critical time.&lt;

Latest from the SFGATE homepage:

Click below for the top news from around the Bay Area and beyond. Sign up for our newsletters to be the first to learn about breaking news and more. Go to 'Sign In' and 'Manage Profile' at the top of the page.